common Saviour, and the Interceffion of the bleffed Virgin, and of all the Saints and Angels, with him that fitteth on the Throne, and will at the last Day judge the World in Righteoufnefs.

I have nothing more than to defire yours and all good Catholicks Prayers, and to take Care that the Paper inclos'd in this, a Copy of which I intend, God willing, to give the Sheriff at the Place of Execution, may be made publick as I have written it, and afk leave to fubfcribe,

Dear Sir,
Your dying Friend,

And moft humble Servant,
R. GASCOIGNE.

On Friday the 25th of May, when the Sheriffs Officers came to demand him at the ufual Hour, he appear'd no ways daunted, but receiv'd the Meffage with fuch a compos'd Countenance as fhew'd a due Preparation for Death; and after his Fetters were knock'd off, he took them up and kiss'd them. This done, he gave a folemn Farewell to all his Friends in the Prefs-yard, and was conducted to the Sledge, in which he fat with his Hat off, with his Eyes fix'd on Drexelius on Eternity, during his Paffage from Newgate to Tyburn.

Upon his Arrival there, before he went up into the Cart, he took off a handsome long Perriwig which he wore, and gave it to a Friend, who put him on a Night-Cap; and being mounted, after kifling the Gallows, and offering up his Devotions in his own Way, he addrefs'd himfelf to the Spectators, and told them, He was not askam'd of suffering the ignominious and terrible. Death he was to undergo, fince he trusted he should thereby make his - Peace with an incens'd Deity, whom he had many ways heinoufly offended. To this he added, That he thought himfelf oblig'd, before his Paffage out of this World, to declare, that as to that Part of the Evidence at his Tryal, which render'd the Dutchefs of Ormond suspected of knowing the Secret for which he dy'd, it was utterly falfe, and that he was heartily forry for being the Occasion of the Liberty that was taken by licentious Tongues, of cenfuring her Grace's Conduct. That as to the Lord Lanf down and Sir William Wyndham, both whofe Names were made ufe of at his Tryal, he had juftify'd them in a Paper which he would leave with the Sheriff; and as for his Religion, he dy'd in the Faith of a Roman, and de

fir'd the Prayers of all good Chriftians for the Welfare of his immortal Soul. Then he turn'd himself to the Shériff, and deliver'd the Paper, which he defir'd him to make publick without Alterations. After this, he addrefs'd himself to God in Prayer by himself, refufing to join with the Ordinary, who attended to affift him in his Devotions. Then he put the Rope about his Neck ; and having faluted two Gentlemen that fat upon the Herfe that came for his Body, he pull'd it off again, to pray a fecond Time. When rifing, he plac'd the Noofe on again, and having given the Executioner fome Money, he made the Signal for the Cart to drive away, and was turn'd off.

'Twas obfervable, that he threw himself out of the Cart with great Force, and as he hung, ftruck himself three Blows on the Stomach; after which, he folded his Arms, and never ftir'd more. He was quarter'd, according to Sentence; the Head and Quarters were deliver'd to Mr. King the Undertaker, who carry'd them Home to his Haufe in Wild-ftreet, in order to their Interment, which was done with all the Decency imaginable.

The Paper which Mr. Gascoigne deliver'd to the Sheriffs of London, was as follows.

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Take it to be my Duty to leave this Paper behind me, to refuté thofe falfe Accufations and Calumnies that have been defignedly fpread by People who, I am afraid, took Pains to procure unhappy Wretches to confirm them.

In the first Place, I declare I die an unworthy Member of the Holy Catholick Apoftolick Roman Church, and do acknowledge my felf the greateft of Sinners: But, bleffed be my God, I have a firm Confidence in the Sufferings of my Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift, by whose Merits I hope I shall be fav'd.

I, from the Bottom of my Heart, forgive all those that were my Enemies and Perfecutors, and hope Almighty God, in his great Goodness, (and I befeech him to doit as heartily as I beg Pardon for my own Sins) will pardon them, and give them Grace to repent.

And I earnestly beg Pardon of all those whom I have any ways offended or injur'd, and lament that it is not in my Power to make them Reparation: But, as they expect to be forgiven, I hope they will do fo to me. I

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alfo beg Pardon of all those whom I have dif-edify'd by my Life or Converfation.

That I have had an uncommon Ardour or Zeal in my Duty and Loyalty for my moft injur'd and Royal Sovereign King James the third, I own at my Death, as I did to every Body that knew me whilft I liv'd; and I affirm, that it was not only on the Account of his being a Roman Catholick, or any Worldly Views, but from 2 true Senfe of my Duty, as I took my felf to be bound by the Laws of God and my Country, and as his fucceeding to the Throne of his Ancestors, could only make thefe three Kingdoms happy, and from impartial Accounts of his Royal Perfon and Qualities, which make him one of the most promifing Princes in the World.

My Loyalty defcended to me from my Ancestors; my Father and Grand-father having had the Honour to be facrific'd in doing their Duties to their Kings, Charles the firft, and James the fecond.

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I think it incumbent on me to do Juice to a Gentleman whofe Name I was forry to hear mention'd at my Tryal; which furely was irregular and unprecedented, to give Evidence of any Treafon that had no Relation to what I was indicted of. I declare in the Prefence of God, I never faw him but twice, and at thofe Times I think there was not a Word talk'd of Principle or Party. And declare in the fame folemn Manner, I never knew any of his Measures or Defigns, or ever had any Intimacy of any kind with him. And declare, that what was fworn at the Council, and at my Tryal, was false in relation to him.

And I know a great Man fhould fay, I was intimate with a Lord in the Tower: I declare I never spoke to him, nor faw his Hand-writing; nor, to my Knowledge, was I ever under the fame Roof with him.

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Nor was I ever Agent, or imploy'd by any Person in my Life, (as was fuggefted at my Tryal) in any politick Defign. Nor did I ever carry a Letter, or was I ever intrufted by one Great Man to another: Nor did I ever know of any concerted Measures to restore my Royal Mafter, in my Life, more than what was talk'd in publick, and in the Papers: Nor, as I expect Mercy, did I directly or indirectly know any thing of the Arms that were feiz'd at Bath, directed to R. G. as was faid at my Tryal.

And as to Mr. Calderwood's Evidence against me, of my being in the Market-place on Saturday in the After

noon, and that he faw me there; to my Knowledge I had not been there until feven a Clock at Night, when he could not fee me; and if he did, not with my Sword drawn. His Evidence was entirely falfe. And he fent me Word two Days before my Tryal, that he could not fwear any thing against me whatever. And he faid I was in the Conncil of War. I never (fo far from being in it) knew the House it was held in, nor did I know there was one held.

The Evidence of the Foot-man, Walmfly, was as false; he fwearing me drinking of Brandy with Excife-men fix Times a Saturday in the fame Market-place.

Thefe are the two Men that swore me out of my Life. I forgive them with all my Heart, and recommend to them to repent.

And as I have, upon the Word of a dying Man, de clar'd all these Truths, in order to caution People not to believe Reports, and to do all the Juftice I am capable of doing, fo now let me recommend to all People to think of their Duties to God and their Country, and to heal all Divifions, and exhort them to think of the Means of uniting and reconciling all their Interefts, and unite in the only Measure that can render them happy; which that they may do, I beg of Almighty God to direct them, and that they may compass it.

I blefs my God, who has given me the Grace to submit patiently to all the Injuries that have been done me, as alfo for enabling me to refift the many Temptations I have had frequently in relation to a Gentleman, upon whofe Account I prefume they have taken my Life, because I would not concur to take his Life; but God forgive them, I do heartily.

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And I humbly beg the Prayers of all good Chriftians.
May 25, 1716.
Richard Gascoigne. :

The Tryal of Nicholas Wogan, Efq;

N the 18th of May the Court refum'd their Proceedings at the fame Place. The Lord Chief Justice Parker, Mr. Juftice Tracy, Mr. Justice Dormer, and Mr. Juftice Prat, being on the Bench. Mr. Nicholas Wogan was first brought upon his Tryal: Against him it was prov'd, that he had appear'd among the Rebels; that he had accepted of a Command in their Army, and that he was feen in his Poft on the Day of Action at Preston, He made buc a weak Defence, offering only, by way of Excufe

Excufe, that he had been inadvertently led into the Rebellion; fo that he was found guilty, and receiv'd Sentence of Death.

The Tryal of Capt. Lancelot Mackintosh.

N the fame Day, and at the fame Place, was try'd Captain Lancelot Mackintosh. Againft him it was depos'd, That he was feen among the Rebels on their March, having been one of those who came over the Forth; and that he had the Name of a Captain in Brigadier Mackintosh's Regiment: But none of the Evidences for the King could fay, that they had seen him in any Action, or that he was prefent at any of the Times when the Pretender was proclaim'd. He call'd abundance of Witneffes, and even made ufe of fome of those that were call'd for the King, to prove, that he was forc'd from his Houfe by a Party fent from the Earl of Mar; and that he was treated little better than as a Prifoner all the Time he was among the Rebels. That it was indeed true, that a Commiflion had been offer'd him, but he refus❜d to receive it, saying, There were many young Gentlemen among them, more fit for fuch a Poft than himself, and more deferving of a Commiffion than he who was fixty eight Years of Age. He likewife call'd Witneffes who depos'd, That at the Time of the Revolution he had his Houfe plunder'd, and one of his Servants murder'd; the Gause of which ill Treatment was because he refus'd to follow the Lord Dundee into the Rebellion. Befides, he had feveral People of Credit, who spoke in his Behalf; as Brigadier Grant and Mr. Forbes, Members of Parliament, Mr. Rofs and o thers, who all faid, That they had ever look'd on him as a Person well affected to the prefent Establishment. Another Witness for him faid, That he was his Neighbour, and believ'd him to be well affected to the Govern ment: That when he (the Witnefs) had been arguing with fome Jacobites against the Pretender, the Prifoner had join'd with him in Argument against thofe who disputed for him. Moreover, it evidently appear'd by many Par ticulars, that he had been forc'd into the Rebellion at first, and that he was not a difaffected Perfon: However, by his continuing among the Rebels, and not making his Efcape, or being able to prove, that he endeavour'd it, the Law was ftrong against him, and the Court observ'd to the Jury, That if a Man be forc'd into Rebellion through